Shafer - Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2019 (1.5L) Arinto

Shafer - Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2019 (1.5L) ArintoWinemaker Notes Hillside Select is a wine of a place, sourced from carefully selected blocks of Stags Leap District hillside vineyards. These grapes are small and deeply colored, with concentrated flavors enhanced by meticulous winemaking and extensive aging in French oak barrels. Hillside Select consistently expresses the voluptuous fruit, rich flavors, and velvety texture that characterize grapes grown in this renown AVA. Critical Acclaim RP98

blackberries and preserved plums with suggestions of cedar chest

Cabernet-Sauvignon and a touch of Cabernet-Franc (5%)

Also delicious with ice cream

There's no new wood here at all

Small but mighty

The Franciacorta Golf 1927

and hints of white peach

It is a wine for ageing that will develop with pleasure during 5 to 6 years keeping all its freshness

The 15 days of fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks allow for full

offering an intense and seamless mix of Meyer lemon

rose petal and fennel seed

The length to the finish is long and balanced with great acidity and richness